On “Naked and Afraid,” premiering this summer, two complete strangers — a man and a woman — meet for the first time while in the buff, surrounded by the wilderness and wild animals. The first episode takes place in Tanzania on the Serengeti plains.

‘The idea here is to push the ball down the field,’ Discovery channel executive, Craig Coffman told the Daily News. ‘Survival shows are so common now that it’s gotten more and more difficult to convince the audience that what they’re watching is something extreme.
‘Having no clothes just takes it to the next level. It’s the ultimate test and makes survival exponentially more difficult.’